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K2 Integrity

Social Media Day: Educating Employees On The Risks Of Social Media

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Social media is used by both organizations and employees—as a marketing tool for business, for entertainment, or for interacting with friends and family....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Continued Remote Hiring Concerns in IT Sector: What to Look for in 2025 and How to Mitigate Business Risk

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Remote worker fraud is expected to continue to proliferate in 2025. Fully remote hiring and work, particularly in the technology sector, continues to pose unique business and legal risks for companies. Just in December 2024,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

When Bad Things Happen to Good Employers: 10 Crisis Management Tips

Crisis planning is not everyone’s idea of a good time, but an ounce of prevention is worth it when you are faced with a crisis. Here are 10 things to think about as you prepare for a possible crisis: Where is your...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter - Recent Developments in Risk Management - February 2020

Law Partnerships – Age Discrimination Against Law Firm Partners – Owners or Employees – Civil Rights Laws - Von Kaenel v. Armstrong Teasdale, LLP, 943 F. 3d 1139 (2019) - Risk Management Issue: Are law firm partners...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Workplace Violence: What Hospital Executives and Administrators Need to Know

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In today’s world, hospitals have to be prepared for anything and everything, and not just medical emergencies. They have to be prepared to handle all types of workplace violence, from active shooters to abuse from...more

FordHarrison

Live-Streaming Coaches: A Lesson on Workplace Recordings

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What on earth are these players thinking? We now have our third noteworthy example from the last few years of a player live-streaming his coach’s postgame victory speech on a social media platform....more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Can Employers get a Grip on Griping? Not all Gripes are Created Equal…

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Negative employee attitudes, chronic complaining, insubordination and gossiping are bad for the workplace.  They can impact employee morale and productivity, and if spread outside of the organization, reflect very poorly on...more

Cozen O'Connor

#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 2

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Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. ...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Reputational Damage: 3 Worst Cases & 11 Next Steps for Protecting Your Brand & Company

When it comes to the potential risks that can impact a business, the risk of reputational damage ranks at or near the very top of the list. In a recent study by Deloitte and Forbes Insights, 300 executives (C-suite and board...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Using social media to detect workers’ compensation fraud

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Did you know that a Facebook profile can contain up to 40 pieces of personal information? Or that there are over 169 million Facebook users in the United States, with a workforce of only 129 million?...more

Hogan Lovells

Social media and the workplace

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Social media is one of the most significant developments in communication and has changed the way and speed at which people interact with one another. It has naturally infiltrated the working environment and brought about...more

Payne & Fears

Don’t Let Technology Run Away With Your Customer Information

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For many companies, customer information ranks among its most important assets. Yet these days, employees often keep this sensitive customer information in electronic locations that are not readily accessible to or controlled...more

FordHarrison

Roseanne Barred from ABC: How to Protect Your Business from Social Media Meltdowns

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Roseanne Barr, known for her big mouth and abrasive humor, is no stranger to controversy. (I still cringe when I recall her rendition of the national anthem.) Unfortunately for her, and the more than 200 people who worked on...more

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How a Multinational Employer Can Craft a Global Social Media Policy

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Social media is so powerful that some argue Russian manipulation of it changed the result of a U.S. presidential election. In the employment context, social media is not quite that powerful, but employment context social...more

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Holiday P-A-R-T-I-E-S Protocol: Walking the Fine Line Between Fun and Fiasco

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The end of the year brings many reasons to celebrate, and most employers intend to make merry by hosting a holiday party of some sort. This occasion presents an opportunity for employers to foster team spirit and express...more

Fisher Phillips

What If.... Harassment, “Me Too” and the Media.

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We encourage larger companies to establish a committee to meet every six to twelve months to engage in “What-if” risk planning. If we have learned anything this year, it’s that businesses face more unexpected risk than ever...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

LinkedIn – in whose professional interest?

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LinkedIn is the biggest online network of professionals in the world. Many employers encourage staff to use LinkedIn to promote their organisation. While employees may share content relating to their organisation, they...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Legal Issues Business Leaders Need to Know in 2015: Top 10 Checklist

A compilation of time-sensitive and trending legal and regulatory issues that general counsels and business leaders should be aware of in 2015. Employers Should be Aware of Multigenerational Workforce Risk - For...more

Gray Reed

Hack Attack?

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Breathing a sigh of relief that he neither works for U.S. agencies requiring security clearances nor do his hiring policies require the details of mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests, bankruptcies, Joe Hyre...more

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